Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets

Steven J. Eliades; Joji Tsunada

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04961-8

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets

Steven J. Eliades,
Joji Tsunada

Affiliations

Steven J. Eliades: Auditory and Communication Systems Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Joji Tsunada: Auditory and Communication Systems Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04961-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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During vocalization, mammals change their vocal production to compensate for altered auditory feedback. Here, Eliades and Tsunada show that neural activity in the marmoset’s auditory cortex mediates this effect, and that stimulation of the auditory cortex evokes similar changes in vocalization.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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